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Yes an ex barley field and plant 1800 trees and an orchard then realise that wasn’t enough trees so plan to plant more!;)

Yes. Return with a note explaining why. S

With the mention of finding Shackleton's ship The Endurance (WOW!) on another thread brought me to remembering another boatie adventure book I enjoyed; 'Sopranino' by Patrick Ellam and Colin Mudie. The vessel herself is in The Classic Boat Museum at Cowes on The Isle of Wight if anyone fancies a...

Just wow! I am looking forward to seeing the pictures with a taster on Beeb news today. Crystal clear water and modern cameras will make for a viewers delight. The story of how they all crammed on board The James Caird and sailed to South Georgia is a story and a half. Captain Frank Worsley was...

I could probably re read David Niven’s book again 40 years on:) He was a great character. I’m currently reading Roger Barnes’ The Dinghy Cruising Companion. S

A varied range of vegetables and in the poly tunnel there is green salad pretty much all year. We grow squash, have a fruit cage and an orchard which is now over ten years old so there is a broad range of home-grown organic food. My wife puts pretty much all the hard work in as I am on...

It soon wears thin. Sounds like you should move on sooner rather than later. S

Was this successful? I hope so. S

The Last Grain Race by Eric Newby follows in a similar theme. 1938 just before ww2 on board sailing barque Moshulu. S

My Tasmanian bush shower water was heated by black micro bore irrigation pipe laid out in an 8’ x 4’ box with a glass lid. Gravity fed. You went up a ladder onto the roof with a bucket of dam water, poured this into a 100 litre juice container and then went below turned on the tap and had a...

I believe from what my Polish friends tell me is that the Polish churches are organising donations. Totally agree re children’s sleeping bags. S

Fab!

Why settle? Live a decadent water-borne life on the European waterways. Countryside living, rabbits stacked in tall hutches and then the wonderful old quayside towns or tributaries of the River Saone. Tournous for the poultry sales. So very French. Amsterdam life is interesting. Cross The...

Old wind pump type windmills that were relatively common on farms 80 years ago and very common in Australia have a mechanism that swivels their tails which in turn puts the blades edge-on to the wind thus reducing the surface area. S

Oh fab. I used to supply poles for some of the bigger tipis! Thinnings from the woodlands they were and a great way to see some lovely parts of the UK and meet some interesting folk. :):) 26+ feet on the roof of a LWB Land Rover probably wasn’t quite legal……but great times. S

The Earth Care Manual by my late friend Patrick Whitefield is a good place to start. S

The woodland I managed was divided into lots and sold to folk with a dream. Best of luck to them I say. At least it won’t be clear felled but suburban eyes look on and report any ‘illegal’ camping by the new owners to the local authorities! ***, get a life I say but this is what bored retired...

Tonight its rum and radio2 country musgic whilst in my cupboard relaxing. S

Its when you are lighting and the door is open a bit and roaring to get to temperature or it is in ours that the spitting happens. Once it gets to temperature I can put ash logs on and get the red glow that brings the casing up to temperature and then relax somewhat. To burn pallet wood a big...

Found a newt last Saturday and he/she went into our mini pond amphibian area. No frogs as yet. S